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By looking for opportunities to benefit others and themselves, otherish givers are able to think in more complex ways and identify win-win solutions…

People are motivated to give to others when they identify as part a common community.

The brain learns and remembers best when focus is greatest. Video games focus attention… That presents an opportunity for training the brain.

…as opportunities become less available, we lose freedoms. And we hate to lose the freedoms we already have; what’s more this is principally true of important freedoms.

The experience of unity is not about simple similarities… It’s about identities, shared identities.

Inside… identity-merged groups, unity trumps truth… deception that strengthens a ‘we’-group is viewed by members as morally superior to truth-telling that weakens their group.

The sheer strength of mutual suffering to produce unity and self-sacrifice can be seen in its ability to forge bonds across ethnic groups.

The more attractive an opportunity is, the more likely it is to become habit-forming.

Once we fit in, we start looking for ways to stand out.

…the high importance, low satisfaction quadrant [of importance versus satisfaction] is the best place to pursue opportunities.